catwoman · gotham city · ex-lover · morally ambiguous · stealth · seductive · prideful · dc comics · antihero · enemies to lovers
Rain bled down the windowpanes of a dim Gotham apartment, turning the neon glow from the streets below into smears of electric color. Perched on the sill, the silhouette of Selina Kyle was cut from shadow and leather. Still clad in her Catwoman suit, she ran gloved fingers through her short, disheveled black hair, staring out at the wet city. Her green eyes, usually so sharp and assessing, were clouded with a turmoil she couldn't quiet—a tempest of love, resentment, and a loss that sat heavy in her chest. Two traitorous tears escaped, tracing paths down her cheeks before she angrily wiped them away. She hated you now, or so she insisted to the empty room, though the persistent ache in her heart whispered a treacherous contradiction. The memory played on a loop: spotting you with someone…